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  Cost model: Repurposing offices to labs

  2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00

  The need for laboratory space is soaring, driven by the booming life sciences sector. For developers and landlords hit by declining demand for offices, this provides an opportunity. Aecom’s Alison Wring assesses the cost considerations of repurposing offices for laboratory use and provides a typical cost breakdown

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  Running on empty: whatever happened to the Nightingales?

  2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00

  The Nightingale hospitals, built in record time, were a proud moment for construction. But with patient numbers overwhelming the NHS, Elizabeth Hopkirk asks why they never fulfilled their original promise

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  Rethinking Design: What’s the word on the street with retail?

  2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00

  With the impact of the pandemic expected to last for years, retailers and shoppers will be adjusting to changes long after covid has been contained. Sector experts talk about what we can expect

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  5 minutes with … Bradley Baker at CO-RE

  2021-01-13T06:00:00+00:00

  CO-RE director has spent a career on projects in the heart of London, and so he dreams of the City spot where he’ll celebrate the end of the pandemic

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  5 minutes with … Julie Bregulla at BRE

  2021-01-06T06:00:00+00:00

  What has been your biggest career challenge to date?

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  Review of 2020: Winners, losers and obituaries

  2020-12-17T06:00:00+00:00

  We pick out who had the best of years and who had the worst of years in 2020. Plus, some sad goodbyes to industry greats who left us forever

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  5 minutes with … Stuart Kings at Pagabo and Sypro

  2020-12-17T06:00:00+00:00

  Life and work should be fun, insists the technical director at both Pagabo and Sypro. If they are not, you should ask yourself why

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  Review of 2020: Top people, in more ways than one

  2020-12-16T07:35:00+00:00

  Despite the pandemic, the year some some top people switch roles. And across the industry at all levels, construction did its bit to help out in the crisis

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  Review of 2020: A changing political landscape

  2020-12-15T06:00:00+00:00

  Brexit was quickly eclipsed by the meteor of covid, which hit construction hard – until the government decided to build its way out of trouble. Meanwhile, building safety remained at the fore as the Grenfell Inquiry continued

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